The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-18

mile from the wreck and put the fir
out. He examined the bridge about
: O'Clock and found no smoke about it
: and otherwise it was all right. About
three weeks ago the grass under the
from the bridge timbers, and he had no
idea how the bridge could have caught
fire.
ROADMASTER ENNIS OPINION.
Christopher Ennis, Roadmaster for
the line from the State line to Peoria.
said he went over the road Wednesday
from Fairbury to Gilman. He went
over the fatal bridge lust before 4
O'Clock in the afternoon. He was on
the rear end Of the car and saw the
bridge was all right. There was no
fire nor smoke about the bridge. En-
mis- said: My opinion is that the bridge
was set on fire by somebody. Ny train
was the last train over before the
special, and if there was fire there the
crew would have discovered it. The
bridge could have been burned in two
| or three hours. About two years ago
two attempts were made to ditch the
10 O'Clock passenger train at that bridge
and we kept q watchman there six
weeks. DISTINCTIONS were placed on
the track. 1t is a very lonesome place
and far from any house.
MORE BODIES IDENTIFIED.
FOREST, ILL.,, Aug. 12:-The follow
ing names have been added to the list
of dead since last night: Mr.. DR.. Du-
cat, Forest; Nat Druket, Mrs A. B.
Creswel, Kankakee; C.. p. Vanlief.
Galesburg; S. D. Whiteridge, Franklin,
Neb.; s. D. Dress, Peoria; Mrs. John
voorhees,, Washington. ILL.,; Miss
Mamie Powers, Peoria; Mrs. Rev. Hay
mill, Abingdon; James Blair, Eureka;
Arthur Mccarthy, Eureka. The work
Of IF hn So
more rapidly now, and will probably be
completed to-day.
PEORIA'S LIST.
PEORIA, Aug. 12.-The following is
an addition to the list of wounded at
ChatswOrth: Mrs. Isaac Boary Morri-
son, severely injured; Catherine Lott,
Peoria, seriously injured; Mrs. E. j.
brTssd E sassa h Ma1 cut Hnd I En
reka, face cut and jaw broken;
John w. STERN, Granville, leg broken
and cut across the abdomen; John
Stein, Bushnell, leg broken and spine
injured; lady from TOnica, ankle
broken: A. Abraham. Peoria, arm
broken and leg broken, ribs broken and
head bruised; G. B. Newsome, Canton,
hip dislocated: Mrs. Robert thinner
man, Peoria, collar bone broken and
severely wounded about the head; Miss
Emma Alter, West Point, Ia, badly
cut, right leg bruised; Miss Faham,
Peoria, badly injured; Miss Lizzie
James, Peoria, foot crushed; John
Keller, Breedo, leg. broken; Miss
Hamill, Abingdon, leg amputated
above knee; William Ulrick, Peoria,
leg broken.
LIST FROM CHATSWORTH.
Additions to the list Of killed so far
as ascertained at II o'clock is as fol-
lows. Peoria, Chas. Adams, F. A. An
dreWs, Mrs. Pearl, j. Brady, Mrs. S. D.
BresS. M. Breeze, Elizabeth Dress, Pc
ter Dahlke, Mrs. James Deal, Mrs.
Doty and daughter, William French,
Mrs; Ida Gale. Mrs. Gersten, Mrs; KeI-
~, Miss Kelly, Elsie Mack, Mrs. II. I;
daughter, Mrs. III. B. Mcclure, Mrs.
Mary McEvery, Miss Morley, Mrs.
John Murphy, Rosa Murphy, Miss
Mamie Powers, Phena Praham, Mr..
Pardy, Mrs. PutneY, Mrs. Ida Saul
bury, Mrs. Sindel, 7. A. Smith, Con.
Smith, William F. Stearns and two
daughters, William Stevens and two
Frank, Emma and Ida Stevens, R. E.
Strachan, Trovello -, Elsie Ulrich,
Mr. w. Valdejo, Miss Julia Valdejo,
Mrs. Valentine, Miss Anna Webster,
R. r. Wright, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. F. r.
Wrennetta, Frederick Wrennnetta, Miss
Pearl, Mrs. William Zendel. From
other towns: Mrs. Rev. Haymill,
don; Ezra Gale, Alta, ILL.,; Michael
Regain, Binghamton, n. Y; Captain A.
A. Martin Bloomington, Ill; IA. Maxton,
Bloomington, H.; A. Morton, Bloom
ington, Ill; I. Body, d. A. Green, J. A.
Green, j. F. Kelly, J. S. Kaler, J. o.
Kelly, all of Breedsville, ILL.,; Sherman
James, Brinfeld, H.; D. Chowda,
Mable Clay, Mrs: J. M. Clay, Mrs.
Judge Meek, all of Eureka, H.; Mrs.
DIR. Duckett, Forest; Miss Eva Allen,
Mrs. Nancy Alter, Miss Minnie
Alter and Miss Eva Alter, of Fit. Madi-
son, Ia; J. D. Richardson and j. d.
Whitridge, of Franklin, Neb., all from
Galesburg; William Forbes, Glenwood,
H.; Olney Sparth, Rev. Q. S. Parks,
both of Green Valley. Ill; John A.
well, Kankakee, ILL.,; Mrs. III. B. Nc
Clure, Keithsburg, ILL.,; Mrs. Melvin
Smith, Metamora, ILL.,; Isaac Bady,
Isaac Bantley, both of Morrison, Ill;
Mrs. K. III. Clark, Richton, Ohio; Oscar
Johnson, Sever, ILL.,; Mrs. Marsh,
Syracuse, n. Y; Mrs. Cooper, Paul
Eillter, all of Pekin, ILL.,; Mr.. Stoddart
and Mrs. Stoddart, Watseka. ILL.,, Mat
tie Carsell, George Press, Mrs. Press
and Mrs. John Voorhees,, of Washing
| ton, ILL.,; Miss Emeline Calleston,
Wenona, H.; travelling man in employ
of John Kran, Chicago.
HEARTLESS THIEVES AT WORK.
CHATswoRTH, ILL.,. Aug. Histories
| and incidents concerning the disaster
are just beginning to come to light as
the excitement in measure dies out.
Robberies are becoming known. Mat
Patterson, when he left Wyoming, his
/ ~, hn6
ticket. Only about $3.50 were found
on the body. One of the worst acts
is reported as follows: A man
was getting out of the cars.
Near him during the journey was
a woman with a fine gold watch
and chain. She was badly injured and
cried with anguish, ION God help meP'
The man turned, apparently to as
sist her, but instead stopped over,
grabbed her watch and chain and fed.
The rescuing party, who were among
the first to go through the wreck, saw
watches, chains and pOcketbooks scat
tered around. Such of these as they
had time, they picked up and restored
to their owners.
The train wreckers are working both
ways at the wreck, and it is almost Ger
tain they will not get the track cleared
before tomorrow night.
In the third coach from the engine
was a man with his wife and daughter
When the wreck occurred he lost q
; hand-satchel, but afterwards found 1t
but his poeketbook containing S95 was
gone.
A NEW THEORY.
A new theory has been developed. Il
is in affect that at the inquest an at
: tempt will be made to prove that there
was a fire at that bridge on the after
noon of the accident. Mr.. DOelph lives
northwest of the wreck, while his house
is about one-quarter of a mile from the
wreck, and his land comes right up tx
the bridge. What will be attempted Il
prove by him is, that during the after
noon he saw smoke rising in the direc
ton of the bridge, and knowing how
} dry it was and fearful lest his oat stub
bIes and stacks should be burned, ht
! went to the place and found fire arount
the bridge.